Three Bears - Literacy and Math Activities for Early Learners.

Extend the learning after telling the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Developmentally appropriate for pre-readers and pre-writers. Ideal for preschool and pre-K groups.

Includes:• Outdoors bears’ house background for storytelling (color)• Indoors background of room for storytelling (color)• Large characters of the Three Bears and Goldilocks, plus other items in the story for storytelling, magnetic and flannel board and craft-stick puppets.• Emergent reader in color and b/w. Read the story with the children. Ask what will come next. Have them “pretend” read the book. Also use the pictures for arranging the story in a sequence of events.• Set of large flashcards - use for storytelling, recognition, vocabulary etc. Print 2 or more copies to match, sort, and play Memory, Concentration and Snap• Graphic organizer to sort big, medium and small pictures (b/w)• Clip it cards – 1-10. Pin a clothespin on the numeral that matches the set. Numbers can also be covered by a counter. (color)• Goldilocks number sequencing. Arrange numbers in order from 0-10. Use to match numeral with 10-frame cards. (color)• Bears 10-frame cards 0-10. Cut out cards – use for set sequencing, one to one counting (cover bowls with plastic bears or counters). Also use to match with Goldilocks number cards.• 2 pre-writing/tracing pages• Set of 3 bear face masks, each in color and b/w• A page for the children to draw their favorite part of the story. Teacher can write their words.

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Nursery Rhymes Categorizing

This resource is FREE to MEMBERS on the member site nursery rhyme theme page.

​Categorizing centers with follow-up cut and paste emergent reader. There are several ways to use this nursery rhyme activity set, and easy differentiation.

Includes:
• 10 large sorting mats, one for each of the featured nursery rhymes. Each mat has a title, a familiar scene from the rhyme, and the complete written rhyme. (Idea for a center: set out one mat, with 4 matching, and 4 not-matching cards. Another idea: set out 6 mats, with 6 cards, one belonging to each mat.)

• 4 cards to match to each nursery rhyme mat. Each card has a different line from the rhyme, and a picture. Each card has a color coded edge, matching the color on the edge of its sorting mat, to give an extra clue to pre-readers.

• Low-prep printable emergent reader in b/w. There are 10 reader pages, one for each rhyme. Children cut and paste an illustration that goes with each rhyme. All the pages do not have to be used. And they can be completed daily, as part of your Nursery Rhyme lesson plan.

Another idea: Each set of 4 cards can be used as a sequencing activity, with or without the mats.

NURSERY RHYMES Theme Pack for Preschool Pre-K 127 pgs

$7.50

Nursery Rhymes Theme Pack for Preschool - This is a comprehensive set of printables with a Nursery Rhymes theme - make hands-on, interactive activities and learning games for your preschool and pre-K classroom. Engaging graphics, most activities are developmentally appropriate for ages 3 - 5, and SPED.

NURSERY RHYMES Count the Room Activity for Early Learners

$3.50

This is a simplified Count the Room activity for preschool, pre-K and Kindergarten learners, with 4 differentiated recording pages. This activity has a Nursery Rhymes theme.

Includes:• 10 large counting cards in color to post on the wall around the room, showing a set of NURSERY RHYME items from 1 to 10 on each. These will need to be printed on card, and laminated for longer use.• 4 differentiated b/w recording pages – the children are given one of the recording sheets attached to a clipboard, and a marker. They walk around the room, look at the large picture on the counting cards, count the number of items on each card, and write the numbers on the recording page, beside the correct picture.• The 4 differentiated recording pages are: a) one with the numbers already written on the page, for the earliest learners to trace; b) one with no numbers in the recording page boxes, but written at the bottom of the page to use as a reference; c) one with no numbers in the boxes, and no reference numbers, and d) one with a 10-frame graphic beside each picture on the recording sheet – the children color the number of boxes to correspond with the sets on the cards on the wall.• I have included 10 extra set cards – they can be lightly taped over the sets on the wall cards to provide different sets for extra practice.

For each nursery rhyme:• Full page poster, in color and b/w​• An emergent reader, to “read” the predictable rhyme, plus a page for the child’s illustration. B/w• An engaging, titled coloring page b/w• Stick puppets of the rhyme characters. These cutouts can also be used to create a cut and paste art collage. Color and b/w• Sequencing activity with 4 picture cards (no words). The teacher can use these while teaching the rhyme, and children who know the rhyme already can arrange the pictures in sequential order. Color.• 7 masks for some of the rhyme characters, in color and b/w

Finger Plays and Action Rhymes with Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

$6.00

This product is available at no cost to site members in the membership area on the Nursery Rhyme theme page.

This is a collection of 48 favorite finger plays and action rhymes for early learners, each of them with an added activity to extend the learning and fun. The theme for this collection is Animals.

126 pages

Directions for Use

• Read and teach finger play, using the finger, hand and body actions.• Print and use the written finger play as a poster.• Children can illustrate the finger play or rhyme in the space left, or on the other side of the paper.• Print the cut-out character pages on heavy card (110 lb card stock) for best use. Laminate if you wish. Regular computer paper can be used of course, but it is harder for the children to handle successfully.• Children can cut and paste scenes on construction paper, or they can be used as manipulatives while saying the rhyme.• To use on a flannel board, attach a piece of hook tape or felt on to the back of each cut piece. To use on a magnetic board, glue a small piece of sheet magnet on the back of each piece.• The finger plays, and the illustrations, can co-ordinate with many themes and study units.

Three Bears - Literacy and Math Activities for Early Learners.

$4.50

Extend the learning after telling the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Developmentally appropriate for pre-readers and pre-writers. Ideal for preschool and pre-K groups.

Includes:• Outdoors bears’ house background for storytelling (color)• Indoors background of room for storytelling (color)• Large characters of the Three Bears and Goldilocks, plus other items in the story for storytelling, magnetic and flannel board and craft-stick puppets.• Emergent reader in color and b/w. Read the story with the children. Ask what will come next. Have them “pretend” read the book. Also use the pictures for arranging the story in a sequence of events.• Set of large flashcards - use for storytelling, recognition, vocabulary etc. Print 2 or more copies to match, sort, and play Memory, Concentration and Snap• Graphic organizer to sort big, medium and small pictures (b/w)• Clip it cards – 1-10. Pin a clothespin on the numeral that matches the set. Numbers can also be covered by a counter. (color)• Goldilocks number sequencing. Arrange numbers in order from 0-10. Use to match numeral with 10-frame cards. (color)• Bears 10-frame cards 0-10. Cut out cards – use for set sequencing, one to one counting (cover bowls with plastic bears or counters). Also use to match with Goldilocks number cards.• 2 pre-writing/tracing pages• Set of 3 bear face masks, each in color and b/w• A page for the children to draw their favorite part of the story. Teacher can write their words.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm - Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time

This is a collection of resources to make teaching supports, centers and extension printables for the song Old MacDonald Had a Farm. These activities would also work well for your Farm theme unit.

This pack includes:

• Poster of song Old MacDonald Had a Farm in color to teach the song, or for wall.• Poster of the song in b/w for children to “read” and color.• Poster of the song in b/w for children to illustrate.• Large cut-outs of song characters in color and b/w for stick puppets, flannel board, magnetic board etc.• Word cards – Use to make part or all of the song in pocket chart etc; make a list of animals from the song; pair animal word with the sound it makes; match animal word to large cut-out picture; create matching games by printing 2 copies etc. Be creative.• Emergent readers in color and b/w• Foldable booklets in color and b/w• 3 extension printables: Draw 4 animals from Old MacDonald’s farm; I would have this animal at my farm because ___ ; decorate an EIEIO poster.

JANUARY Themes Curriculum BUNDLE for Preschool and Pre-K

$52.25
$42.00

January preschool theme units. This BIG over 700 pages bundle includes 15 of my Pre-K for a Day packs, all related to themes that could be studied during the month of January. With all the ideas, activities and centers that I provide in these Theme for a Day packs, this bundle could definitely extend for the full month of January, and have enough left over for next year!

Click on these titles if you wish to purchase them separately, or if you want to learn more about the content.

Pre-K Theme for a Day is a series of mini teaching topics that are focused towards preschool and Pre-K learners.

Instantly ready to use. Very few additional items are needed to present the activities besides basic art supplies and cardstock. Use the centers from year to year. This series of teaching units saves time and money, and all activities are solidly supported by the foundational concepts leading to the Common Core Kindergarten standards. You can slide a unit effortlessly into your usual curriculum lesson plans when you are in a hurry, or you can use the units as a central focus of your curriculum.

The learning areas included EVERY DAY are:

• A Spark! Activity to ignite interest in the topic• Large group learning time • Discovery centers• Music and movement• A story suggestion• Small group game, and a• Record and remember activity

All the printables needed are included – click on the activity description to go to the related printables.

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